Women more likely to have an affair than men

Women are more likely to have an affair with two fifths admitting they have
cheated compared to just three in 10 men, according to a new study.

Almost one in four have cheated with a colleague at a work eventPhoto: GETTY

6:55AM BST 02 Sep 2009

It found that two fifths of cheats ended up kissing someone while out clubbing while almost one in four cheated with a colleague at a work event.

Fifty five per cent of women said they loved attention from men – and more than a third said men often get the wrong idea because they were so flirtatious.

More than a third also claim their 'minor indiscretion' happened by accident because their flirting got out of hand.

The poll of 3,000 adults was conducted by Opera North to open their new season with the Mozart opera Cosi fan tutte, translated as 'All Women Are Like That' – a light-hearted comedy that looks at the very nature of infidelity.

An Opera North spokesman said: "The poll seems to suggest many women consider flirtatious behaviour as harmless and can easily forgive themselves the odd 'indiscretion'.